Jason and I recently went to a marriage retreat put on by our church Crossway. It was a great time full of both encouragement and challenges. One (of the many) thing we were challenged with is establishing a regular date night. Not just a time to be together and hangout, but a time of purpose that gives us a neutral and expected setting to ask, "How am I doing as a husband/wife?". Then talk about ways we can improve or about the things that have gone well in the past week. The idea is that this would be a weekly event. In the past we have tried but, have gotten discouraged by either finding the time or by finances. So, in an effort to overcome the discouragement we brainstormed some free/inexpensive dates and will choose an evening that we stick with.
It is just a beginning but here are the dates we came up with.
Free Dates:
Cape Fear Museum (on the free day)
The park to play tennis
The park to play horse
Bike ride and picnic
Rent a movie from the Library
Plan for Italy @ home or coffee shop
Dinner @ home and a walk
Cheap Dates:
Attractions Book Dinner (a local coupon book that has tons of B1G1 Free dinners)
Beer and pool at Blue Post (a place downtown Wilmington)
Barnes and Noble Coffee date
Camping at Carolina Beach
Wine tasting
Beer and Baseball game at a local place (since we don't have t.v.)
Sharks or UNCW baseball game
Check out plays at Thalian hall
Also, I am making these tonight for Jason's birthday. YUM!
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